Entries from October 2009

October 20, 2009

being content

One of the things I get truly excited about is when Centerpoint has booming attendance numbers on a weekly basis, not bc of pride or anything like that, but bc it means people are coming to know God and to experience this grace & hope we talk about every week. But often, for me, it’s [...]

October 19, 2009

the buckeyes

nearly 24 hours ago my beloved Buckeyes took a mighty fall. Those within Buckeye Nation had fears that this team truly wasn’t up to speed in recent week. While few of us really anticipated a BCS championship game, we never expect to lose to Purdue. Here are my thoughts now on the Bucks.
the offense [...]

October 16, 2009

damaged yet valuable

In doing some prep for an upcoming teaching, we’ve been looking at the issues in our lives, current, past and present that cause us to live our lives differently. For whatever reason, those issues, those things in our lives that prevent us from living our lives wholly can really impact who we are, how we [...]

October 15, 2009

grace

For the last several weeks at Centerpoint, we have been doing a series titled Dirty Little Secrets where the conversation deals with openness, redemption, and healing. In a nutshell our community is talking about the ever-amazing, abundant grace offered by the divine.
Our band is singing a new song called Oh how he loves, performed [...]

October 8, 2009

baby preacher

I’m not quite sure what to think here. Is it cute? Is it way over-board. nonetheless it gives me a few laughs.

October 2, 2009

It’s been a while

Sorry it’s been a while since I’ve written but a LOT has gone on personally and for Centerpoint. Our church moved to its new location September 13th and the results have been amazing as we’ve already met more new people in three weeks than in a good portion in the previous year! And these [...]